If the NCAA wanted be helpful to the schools it represents

[CaliCuse]

It might be sitting down with the NBA officials and discuss the damage the pros do to the college game by pulling them out of school after a short stay. It hurts the schools and fans and encourages the young kids to disregard academics knowing the $ will be there regardless. Yes this is a response to McCullogh leaving regardless of the reasons . I'm sure that no pay injury is a factor as well as his kid. Be prepared for more this time next season. Probably at least two and possibly three.

 

[jncuse]

The NBA wants 2 and done which would help the problem. They don't want one and done -but it was better than the older alternative The players association however uses it as a major bargaining chip (even if they have little interest in it themselves). But really what the NBA needs to do is...

The NBA needs to set up a real minor league system... take some risk, market it a little better, be willing to subsidize some of the costs. Increase the compensation to its players, so that players are developing against the best minor pro "professionals" in the world in America, rather than whatever the hell they are playing in the NBDL. Make playing minor league NBA ball a real option that competes against college.


Right now the NBDL is so bad -- not even in ball -- but in living conditions, travel, facilities, and compensation, that it is less attractive then playing at a big name school even if you hate academics.

 

[Madbiker]

Can you imagine the NFL being run this way pulling kids out after 1 year? The NFL and MLB both have far better systems than the NBA.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Right now the NBDL is so bad -- not even in ball -- but in living conditions, travel, facilities, and compensation, that it is less attractive then playing at a big name school even if you hate academics.

The only good thing about the NBDL is that they have a direct pipeline to the NBA. Guys are willing to play for next to nothing to be in that pipeline. Right, wrong or indifferent, it's currently the best way if you want to play in the NBA.

 

[texascpa]

It might be sitting down with the NBA officials and discuss the damage the pros do to the college game by pulling them out of school after a short stay. It hurts the schools and fans and encourages the young kids to disregard academics knowing the $ will be there regardless. Yes this is a response to McCullogh leaving regardless of the reasons . I'm sure that no pay injury is a factor as well as his kid. Be prepared for more this time next season. Probably at least two and possibly three.

do you take this approach to all careers? You must stay in school for a certain amount of time before you enter a field, regardless of your genius, if you're a savant or have a particular talent most people lack? Would you tell this to Bill Gates, who left college after two years?

I hate that kids leave early too, but I abhor the idea of artificially limiting someone's use of their abilities to their fullest extent. If he's got the skills or the potential skills, then who am I to stop them?

 

[Madbiker]

The only good thing about the NBDL is that they have a direct pipeline to the NBA. Guys are willing to play for next to nothing to be in that pipeline. Right, wrong or indifferent, it's currently the best way if you want to play in the NBA.

IMO it is a stigma to play in the D league. It brands you as an inferior player. If you were any good you would be staring for a college team or playing in a foreign pro league for real money, like Mudiay. Very few of these D leaguers make it for any length of time in the NBA. They get these 10 day "trial" contracts and then they get cut because the teams have no real money on the line.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

IMO it is a stigma to play in the D league. It brands you as an inferior player. If you were any good you would be staring for a college team or playing in a foreign pro league for real money, like Mudiay. Very few of these D leaguers make it for any length of time in the NBA. They get these 10 day "trial" contracts and then they get cut because the teams have no real money on the line.

You know there is a bunch of guys who were D league regulars that turned into pretty good NBA players. Guys like Jeremy Lin, Gerald Green, Danny Green.

 

[Jasoncuse]

The NCAA doesn't care about the schools or the athletes. They only care about dollar signs and making superficial statements about integrity.

 

[Madbiker]

You know there is a bunch of guys who were D league regulars that turned into pretty good NBA players. Guys like Jeremy Lin, Gerald Green, Danny Green.

You can count those guys on one hand. There are many 10 day wonders and most others never get a call.

 

[SBU72]

If the NBA had a true minor / development league, one team for each NBA team, 10 players per, what happens to the college game?

 

[CaliCuse]

do you take this approach to all careers? You must stay in school for a certain amount of time before you enter a field, regardless of your genius, if you're a savant or have a particular talent most people lack? Would you tell this to Bill Gates, who left college after two years?

I hate that kids leave early too, but I abhor the idea of artificially limiting someone's use of their abilities to their fullest extent.From high school to college and the pros happens now within a an extremely short period of time. There is the academic requirements to GET INTO college, Maybe requiring an academic level and going into the pros might stall some of these"student athletes who leave college unable to read and write at a level of competency to speak intelligently. This shouldn't be a "who cares"?consideration. I cringe when I hear some of these athletes speak in an interview. Is this the fault of the school or the player figuring that with an enormous amount of $ in his bank account, he couldn't care less about sounding like an uneducated member of the professional players in his sport.

 

[Dave85]

Can you imagine the NFL being run this way pulling kids out after 1 year? The NFL and MLB both have far better systems than the NBA.

A brain is the most important weapon on the court. Basketball intelligence can not be overrated. Size matters? Tell that to Steve Nash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nash

Stephen John "Steve" Nash, OC, OBC (born February 7, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was an eight-time NBA All-Star and a two-time recipient of the NBA Most Valuable Player Award. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) point guard also led the league in assists five times.

After graduating with a degree in sociology,[7] Nash was selected 15th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 1996 NBA draft. Upon hearing the draft announcement, Suns fans booed in disapproval of the relatively unknown player.[7] This was because despite his impressive college accomplishments,

 

[GonzoInMD]

Most of the schools the NCAA represents don't really care about the whole one and done stuff...the type of kids they recruit aren't that type of player.